Males	Females	Total
Ethiopia	44,200	115,100	159,300
Uganda	8,200	119,800	128,000
Kenya	10,900	80,900	91,800
Nigeria	37,400	42,200	79,600
Eritrea	22,200	25,100	47,300
Chad	20,500	25,700	46,200
Somalia	22,800	22,900	45,700
Mali	18,900	19,500	38,400
Niger	16,200	17,400	33,600
Ghana	6,600	7,600	14,200
Burundi	200	5,700	5,900
Burkina Faso	2,700	2,400	5,100
South Africa	2,300	2,500	4,800
Senegal	2,100	700	2,800
Djibouti	1,000	800	1,800
Guinea	900	500	1,400
Cameroon	700	700	1,400
Madagascar	0	1,300	1,300
Tanzania	900	300	1,200
Ivory Coast	700	400	1,100
Gambia	600	300	900
Benin	400	100	500
Sierra Leone	300	100	400
Zimbabwe	200	100	300
Others	2,000	500	2,500
Total	222,900	492,600	715,500

Source: GAStat, Saudi Arabia census 2022

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

GLMM’s retabulation and reformatting of census data in thousands in dashboard figure: “Non-Saudi population by nationality and gender” https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/18/41?type=DASHBOARD

Source of data: Saudi census 2022.

Date of reference: 10 May 2022

Population of reference: Families and individual citizens and residents within the Kingdom, regardless of the status of their identification documents. Visitors for Hajj, Umrah and tourism are excluded from the census.

Methodology:

The first phase of the 2020 census began on 3 February 2020 (enumeration of buildings and households). Census 2022 used geospatial data, including satellite images, electricity consumption and mobile phone data, to improve the accuracy and geographic coverage of address canvassing.

The second stage (“actual enumeration”) was due to start on the original reference date (17 March 2020), but was suspended by the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis. This stage was conducted in October 2021.

The 2022 census used a combined methodology – administrative records, fieldwork and digital self-enumeration. Household data were collected from e-portals of self-enumeration (on residents’ mobile devices, laptops or personal computers, or self-enumeration stations/kiosks, located in shopping centers). The digital self-enumeration process was complemented by face-to-face interviews, using digital tablets.

Census 2022 used a de jure approach: enumerating people according to their usual place of residence.

Administrative data from multiple sources was used to cross-validate collected census data.

Census 2022 was designed as a launchpad for several new secure statistical data registers for population, housing, and businesses.

See census methodology in:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/methodology

Portal of the Saudi census:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

Population data for 2010-22 were revised and backcasted, based on 2022 population census and past years’ administrative data.

Technical note on backcasting:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/20230529_Back-Casting%20Methodology.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

The data was retrieved from the Saudi census portal on GAStat website:

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal

“Population” section, then “dashboard” section

https://portal.saudicensus.sa/portal/public/1/18/41?type=DASHBOARD

Date of access: 21 May 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Population, Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Eritrea, Chad, Somalia, Mali, Niger, Ghana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Senegal, Djibouti, Guinea, Cameroon, Madagascar, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Benin, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe

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